Research, rapport, respect: Feature for Canon Europe

Documenting different cultures adds interest to your travel stories, but it's important to create images with sensitivity. Photojournalist Gulshan Khan shares some advice.

© Gulshan Khan

Hands grip tight to the candy-coloured carousel horse, face beaming with excitement, hijab billowing like a superhero's cape. It's not the typical image you see of a young Muslim girl – and that's exactly why it's one of Canon Ambassador Gulshan Khan's favourite photographs. "Muslims, particularly women and girls, are not always depicted as the expansive human beings we really are. I use 'we' because this is my own community," explains the South African photojournalist. "We see so much suffering and 'othering' in images from the African continent. And here is this girl so full of joy, photographed with dignity."